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February 15, 2009

UPDATE: As suggested by some fellow bloggers, I am entering the picture at the very bottom of my post in the "I heart faces" photo contest. This weeks theme is WONDER.........you can check them out by clicking HERE You may want to join in the fun!

..........Without Something SWEET!!!

No matter how down and out we were feeling, we were not going to let the sweetest day of the year go by without having something decadent to celebrate the occasion.....

Friday afternoon I made some Chocolate cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing.....I used THIS recipe for the the cake part and for the Icing, I used the good old fashioned B@tty Cr@cker recipe found in the big red book. To make them a little more Valentine-ish, I added a little red food coloring to some of the icing and then Sarah helped me decorate them with special sprinkles we had purchased at TARG@T. They were just as heavenly as you could imagine and were the perfect pick me up after such a yucky week!!

Thank you so much for all the well wishes....I am happy to report that Sarah and I are both feeling much better, and Pat is on the road to recovery....in a day or two he should be as good as new!! Even though Sarah and I have had a little more spring in our step these last two days, we continued to lay low.

Yesterday was my nephew Ashton's first birthday, so we did go to the party for a little over an hour so we could wish him a happy bday and give him his special gift. Right before my sister was about to bring out the cake, Sarah started coughing to the point that she had tears running down her face, so that was it for us....we were out the door within minutes!! Unfortunately, we missed Ashton dig into his smash cake, but I did get some really cute pictures of all the kids in the hour that we were there.....I will post them later this week.

Not much to report....We are really looking forward to the start of the new week and hoping for spring-like weather......I am so sick of being stuck indoors and I think Sarah is too.

This afternoon she was looking out the bedroom window as if to say.....when I can I go out and play? I think she is beginning to climb the walls as well. Of course I had the camera in close proximity and as I went to snap it, I noticed her reflection in the window........I was so excited with this capture.......

I definitely want this one framed and hung up somewhere in our house!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend......more pictures to come soon:)

Sooo happy that you are both feeling better. We also had a few sweets, but they consisted of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and Nestle Toll House cookies - nothing homemade here! :)

The photo of Sarah by the window is priceless! I love that reflection, and I think it is a photo you will always treasure!

Hope you have a great start to the week...so ready for spring too. We had an unseasonably warm week last week (some trees are even blooming), and that really gave us all spring fever. It was so nice to get out of the house and play.

I love the picture!! It's beautiful. The cupcakes look yummy. Can't wait to see the pictures you took of all the kids. I hope Sarah is feeling better this week. We are climbing the walls over here too...I am so sick of winter : (

Lisa- wow- just wow- your photos are just increasingly more impressive and beautiful. I love the angel that you shot the cupcakes- really can reach out and touch and appreciate the colors.

And that shot of Sarah must be framed. The reflection is so clear and vivid- is that straight out the camera- did you apply a preset or layer. Just love it. Want to give your camera settings on it- to help us the less experienced?? lol :)

Thanks so much for your home sale tips. I really appreciate it and will give them a go!Have a great week and so glad everyone is on the mend.

I am so sorry to hear you, Sarah and your husband have been sick, and glad that you are all on your way to feeling better!

Your cupcakes look AMAZING and that is such an adorable picture of Sarah, too! Actually I wanted to say that all of your pictures are wonderful; you are very talented! :) I especially love the ones you took of your daughter with the lollipop~ it is so neat how you made one of them with just the lollipop in color...Happy a little belated Valentines Day to you!

What an amazing photo! I so love how you can actually see her reflection! BTW...I think I am gettign what has been going through your house this past week. I have been taking everything under the sun to stop it but I think it is coming and going to stay (just my luck as Keith is headed back to work in DC this week). Call me if you get a chance!

Now about the picture.. your baby-girl is just PRECIOUS! I LOVE this photo of her!! I made one of my niece Allie the other day. (She was looking out our back door) I'm gonna play around with it, but I don't think it'll turn out as well as yours. (I SO NEED to learn my camera.. a photography class wouldn't hurt either.. LOL)

I'm dying over those cupcakes...they look divine!!! Yes, something sweet is always a pick-me-up! So glad to hear you all are feeling better! That is a beautiful picture of Sarah...I am wondering how you got the left side of the photo so dark while capturing the light on the right...was it luck or a trick you learned recently? Beautiful job. Have a great week. Lucy

Excellent shot... I do see you getting better and better... I wish I had more kids around to 'practice' taking portrait shots of but I prefer shots that are unexpected... a true photographer... always have your camera very handy... I will make do for now with my bird and taking pictures of him... haha

Lisa,I am so glad you and Miss Sarah are on the road to recovery and that Pat is right on your heels! Good news!Hoping the week ahead is a great one for you all with good health and lots of smile!The photo you captured of Sarah peering out the window is a great shot. I love it!xo, Les

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day! Your cupcakes look delish (I know one 9 year old little boy would dive right into them)! I'm glad you and your cute little helper are feeling better! I just came back from a long, fun-filled weekend in Atlanta (it's cold there, no?). Best wishes,Michaela P.S.: Have you checked RQ? She's mulling the idea of a 1 day batch around. How depressing!